It is ‘business as usual’ for the surgical team at St Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey, who have just finished working inside a temporary operating theatre deployed by Vanguard Healthcare – used for a variety of procedures while major refurbishment took place.
St Peter’s Hospital used the temporary theatre suite as part of a nine-week programme to treat trauma patients and conduct orthopaedic surgery while the existing permanent facilities were refurbished. General surgery patients continued being treated in the main theatres. Vanguard Healthcare is reportedly the world’s largest designer and operator of mobile operating theatres and temporary day surgery facilities. Its mobile theatres contain an anaesthetic room, operating room, recovery area, utility areas, and a staff changing room. Ian Monaghan, sales director, explained: “The mobile unit provided to St Peter’s Hospital enabled the maintenance of high quality care with no adverse effect on patient experience during the refurbishment. Our units provide patients with a safe environment, and an experience no different to that in a permanent operating theatre.”
